Case Study: Sage achieves $1.5M+ annual savings and 60% VM cost reduction with Nerdio

International Accounting and Payroll Services Firm Saves Over One Million Dollars Annually With Nerdio

Sage, a global leader in accounting, payroll, and payments with over three million customers and 11,000+ employees, needed to replace a restrictive Citrix hosting platform that prevented scaling and forced manual, headcount-driven management. Seeking a turnkey AVD solution, Sage chose Nerdio (using Nerdio’s management and automation for Azure Virtual Desktop/Nerdio Manager for Enterprise) to eliminate manual VM management and simplify operations.

Nerdio implemented automated scaling, rebuilds, and management for Sage’s Azure Virtual Desktop estate, enabling easy configuration and hands-off operation. The result: 62–65% savings on VM direct costs, monthly auto-scaling savings of $123,000, growth from ~200 to 1,000 customers without adding staff (avoiding 20+ FTEs), and roughly $1.5M in annual gains—while freeing engineers to focus on higher-value work and benefiting from Nerdio’s responsive support and feature development.

Sage

Kevin Thompson

Sr. Cloud Operations Manager